[Ruwisc]

Week 12: July 11-22, 2024

Round 23

..BK Kepmem 2-3 Sh.Eagles - 3-11, 1-7, 9-4, 0-2, 3-1
.......Muni 3-2 Cheshek - 0-2, 7-2, 8-6, 2-4, 15-3
...Westline 4-1 Kupore - 8-5(10), 4-1, 3-5, 6-5, 5-0
...Mithazni 2-3 Mighty Oaks - 3-11, 2-1, 3-7, 4-0, 3-7
......Nokir 2-3 Akashemo - 1-9, 8-7, 3-4, 2-8, 4-2
....Sitache 1-4 Semyof - 3-6, 3-4, 4-5, 3-1, 2-3
..Amnanache 1-4 National - 7-1, 4-5(10), 3-5, 6-8, 1-7
...Pasataki 3-2 Hokrof - 2-4, 3-2, 5-4, 6-5(12), 1-4
.....Keleri 2-3 Tsapna - 1-3, 5-1, 7-6(10), 7-8(10), 0-1
.......Meka 3-2 Lutrul - 5-2, 7-9, 8-4, 3-4, 7-3(10)


Shunna Eagles 11, BK Kepmem 3: Big day for the Eagles' corner infielders - 3B Sawita Pichake and 1B Shonoe Laupi combined for nine hits, six for extra bases including 4 XBH for Pichake (3 doubles and a home run), as well as 5 RBI and runs scored together. Laupi had 5 of the hits, garnering the auto-news story, but Pichake undoubtedly had the better game.

Akashemo United 4, Nokir 3: Akashemo RF Putta Faseltsa came up firing to try to stop Nokir's Saruruso Rishisite from going first-to-third, and it results in a season-ending injury to his throwing shoulder. Akashemo loses their leadoff hitter.

July 17: The Pasataki Galaxy announce a 2-year contract extension with catcher Memomo Shiheshasi for a total of $16.2 million. He's... fine, I guess? Roughly a league-average catcher altogether. He's currently in the middle of his worst offensive season of his career, in year 9 of his career and year 5 with the Galaxy, so I suppose you'd better get paid while you can.

Westine 5, Kupore 0: Westline ace and reigning PoY Tula Mitonone was forced to exit his no-hit bid after six innings, after the throw into second from Kupore right fielder Leno Kenora struck a sliding Mitonone on the head. (I'm editorializing, but how else do you get a concussion while legging out a double?) Koraralu Fatsi, only a few days after coming back from his injury, broke up the no-hitter with a 7th-inning double against Rupeuo Sipata, though that was the only hit Kupore would record on the night.

Round 24

....Sitache 2-3 National - 2-4, 8-7, 3-6, 4-2, 4-5(11)
..BK Kepmem 2-3 Akashemo - 8-10, 4-5, 0-2, 11-7, 4-1
.......Meka 3-2 Cheshek - 3-8, 7-2, 13-2, 7-5, 4-7
..Amnanache 1-4 Lutrul - 6-7, 1-7, 1-17, 2-3, 6-5
.......Muni 3-2 Tsapna - 0-9, 5-3, 5-2, 6-7, 6-3
...Pasataki 5-0 Sh.Eagles - 7-1, 7-1, 5-3, 4-3, 5-0
......Nokir 1-4 Mighty Oaks - 5-8, 2-7, 9-4, 1-7, 1-6
...Mithazni 2-3 Semyof - 2-6, 4-3, 1-3, 1-6, 8-6
...Westline 3-2 Hokrof - 5-2, 1-4, 7-3, 2-4, 5-1
.....Keleri 4-1 Kupore - 5-4, 5-3, 1-4, 9-6, 9-5


Akashemo United 2, BK Kepmem 1: In Tsarase Roshoshe's last start, they lost Faseltsa for the year... well now, Roshoshe himself has gone down for the year with a torn UCL, costing him not just the rest of 2024 but likely most of the 2025 season as well. The Akashemo ace is slated to be a free agent at the end of that 2025 season, which is just devastating timing for the fans.

Standings..........W..L
-- ....Westline.. 78 42
-- .Mighty Oaks.. 74 46
-- ....National.. 72 48
-- ....P.Galaxy.. 71 49
+2 ......Semyof.. 67 53
-- ......Lutrul.. 66 54
-2 ......Kepmem.. 66 54
+1 ........Meka.. 63 57
+3 ......Keleri.. 62 58
-2 ......Kupore.. 61 59
+3 ........Muni.. 60 60
-1 .......Nokir.. 60 60
-- ......Tsapna.. 59 61
-4 ...Amnanache.. 59 61
+1 Akashemo Utd.. 53 67
-1 ...Sh.Eagles.. 51 69
-- .....Cheshek.. 49 70
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-- ....Mithazni.. 45 74
-- .....Sitache.. 44 76
-- ......Hokrof.. 39 81


Status quo at the ends of the standings this week, with the top 5 all going either 8-2 or 7-3, and the bottom 5 either going 4-6 or 3-7, and Westline's lead atop the table standing pat at exactly 4 games. A bit more jostling in the middle, with Kupore and Amnanache both having a pretty bad time out there. (We can excuse Kupore for dropping 4 of 5 to both Westline and Keleri, even though both series were at home.)

In week 13, I'll be watching both Oaks series as they visit a pair of struggling legacy rivals. Mighty Oaks/Keleri is always a draw, with the two cities being relatively close - it's the Liverpool/Manchester United of Lokasi baseball. It's also a big week for Semyof, who have a chance to stake a claim at a top-4 spot by facing the two teams right in front of them.

Round 25:
Cheshek vs. Westline
Tsapna vs. Sitache
Lutrul vs. BK Kepmem
Kupore vs. Amnanache
Shunna Eagles vs. Nokir
Mighty Oaks vs. Keleri
Hokrof vs. Meka
National vs. Mithazni
Semyof vs. Pasataki Galaxy
Akashemo United vs. Shunna Municipal

Round 26:
Keleri vs. Meka
Shunna Eagles vs. Cheshek
Mighty Oaks vs. Tsapna
BK Kepmem vs. Sitache
Mithazni vs. Nokir
National vs. Semyof
Hokrof vs. Akashemo United
Westline vs. Amnanache
Pasataki Galaxy vs. Shunna Municipal
Lutrul vs. Kupore